Combined pincushion and paper-weight.



C. F. HENDERSON. COMBINED PINCUSHION AND PAPER WEIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. K4. 1:916.

1,276,758, Patented A 27, 1918.

ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. HENDERSON, 0F MADISONVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE KEMPER-THOMAS COMPANY, OF NORWOOD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED PINCUSHION AND PAPER-WEIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

Application filed December 14, 1916. Serial No. 136,827.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. HENDER- SON, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Madisonville, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Pincushions and Paper-Weights, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a device which may be used for retaining pins and at the same time are perfectly adapted as paper weights.

So far as I am aware, there has been no device in the past which had the features desirable in a paper weight and at the same time was arranged so that pins could be inserted in the top of it without running any chance of sticking throu h to interfere with the use as a paper weig t. Neither has it been, so far as I know, the custom to make up paper weights which are flexible so that they will lie without slipping on an uneven pile of papers.

I have discovered that the use of bird shot in the flexible backed cushion of special shape, will provide the proper weight for holding down papers, and at the same time can be adapted for use as a pin cushion by the provision of a suitable top cover, and a suitable non-perforatable base to stop the pins coming through. The shot will serve to hold up the pins, and will permit the flexible back bending slightly to accommodate itself to uneven piles of papers as above noted.

Not only this, but I have discovered that the use of shot with some suitable filler, if desired, to cut down excess weight, will serve to hold up the pins and the like, although not used to a thickness which would interfere with the use of the cushion filled thereby as a paper weight.

The above and various other advantages I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereof.

The device in the preferred form shown in the drawing is formed out of a flexible leather base piece 1, stitched at 2 to the top leather binding strip 3. Stitched at a to the binding is a piece of pin retaining material, This is made up in this instance of wire gauze 5, cemented to a piece of velvet or felt 6.

Cemented to the inside of the base piece 1 is a piece of impenetrable fiber or the like 7, which is preferred to be about the size of the exposed portion of the piece of pin rctaining material.

The inside of the containerso formed is filled with tiny bird shot, mixed with sand. The use of bird shot alone is contemplated in my invention, and the reason why sand is used also is that the size device shown in the drawing will be too heavy if entirely filled with lead shot. By using sand in combination with the shot, I am enabled to make up a paper weight of convenient size as in my preferred form while the same is also suitable for use as a pin cushion, in that it contains sufficient material to retain a pin firmly and securely.

It will be evident that pins may be inserted in the structure through the velvet and wire gauze top cover, and that the pins will not penetrate the bottom of the device in view of the piece 7, which is of a size to protect the whole device from the pin points sticking through.

The small shot, or i the combination of small shot and sand, is flexible, so that the top and particularly the back of the device can bend slightly, and the edges beyond the cushion portion can easily flex so as to permit the device to accommodate itself to the unevenness of a pile of papers, causing it to remain in place where the usual paper weight would slide off. The shot and sand must not be too tightly stulfed into the device in order that this flexibility may not be destroyed.

I do not know whether sawdust could be used in place of the sand as a filler, as this has not been tested out by me. My opinion is that the sand will last longer and impart more flexibility to the device.

As above stated, in my preferred form I have provided a pin cushion of full practicality, and a paper weight, not only as efficient as the usual paper weight, but more so due to its flexibility.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new emi desire to secure "by Leo- 'teis Patent, is:

1. A combined pin cushion flfix'i mpel Weight composed of flee disk-like of fielilbiB material, with a filling of finely {iivided comparatively heavy material penetruioie to pins.

A eombined pin cushion emi paper Weight composed of e fiat disk-like ezisiiig of fiexi 1e meteriei with e fining of finely divirled oompamtiveiy heavy meieriei goal-"1enabie to pine with an insert for the upper surface of 'Lhe easing of a flexible pin retaining material 3. A combined pin cushion and paper weight composed of a fiat disk-like casing of flexible nmteriaL with filling of finei cii videii eompere 'aively heavy meieliei penetiabie to pine, with insert for upper surface of the casing o" felt coverd Wire gauze:

A oombinefl pie cushion mid paper Weight composed of flee disk-iike easing of flexible material, with filling of finely ii videei comparatively heavy material peneizrebie to pins, with an insert fer eh-e upper surface of the easing of e flexible pin retaining materiel anti a layer of material impenetrable to pins fog the base of the easing.

5. A combined pin cushion and peper Weight composed of e flee disk-1ike easing of fiexibie meteiioi, wi'ih e, filiing of finely divided comparatively heavy materiel pene treble 1:0 pine, with an insert for the apps? surface of the casing of felt covered Wire gauze, and layer of fiber impeneersbie to pins for Lhe base of the casing.

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